Med/Surg Registered Nurse (RN)

About the CompanyThis is a unique opportunity to be on the team that opens a new state of the art hospital! Our client is a large teaching hospital with a commitment to provide world-class patient care, research and education. It is designated one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes and is ranked the No. 1 Hospital in Florida by U.S. News & World Report.

About the Job
The Registered Professional Nurse is responsible for identifying the patient's alterations in health, assessing the patient's human response to actual and potential health problems, implementing nursing interventions based on theoretical concepts from nursing and other arts and sciences to achieve outcomes for the patient that facilitate resolution of alterations in health and actual and potential health problems, determining the effectiveness of nursing interventions by evaluating anticipated patient outcomes as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

Whenever possible, the patient, the family or those significant to the patient are an integral part of the assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation efforts of the Registered Nurse.

The Registered Nurse is responsible to supervise/direct care provided by Licensed Practical Nurses and Unlicensed Assistive Personnel. The Registered Nurse is responsible to assign/delegate care to other qualified members of the health care team. The RN coordinates care between other professional disciplines as needed.

Unit-based activities which contribute to a positive work and professional environment are performed.